"The assimilation of Canada by stealth and by regulatory transfers is an issue that should concern all Canadians. It is only by being engaged that we can influence events and conditions positively. It is our country to build and celebrate by embracing it and all of its people; it is our country, also, to give away through neglect of our civic responsibilities and through apathy. The choice is ours: “All that is reguired for evil to prevail, is for men of good will to do nothing.” Brian Marlatt in The Canadian, August 8, 2007.

Brian Marlatt, 55, of South Surrey, BC, works as a manager in a family business, Paramount Distributors, which until recently provided concession services to the Greater Vancouver Zoo; Brian is now on an academic leave-of-absence. Previously, Brian managed Paramount’s sales, distribution and marketing of telephonic consumer electronics to major retailers and telephone companies across Canada and the US. Brian also contributed to market introduction of proprietary, two-way voice technology patented by Paramount’s sister company, Paramount Systems, designed for the security industry and for use in health care to assist the physically challenged. As a trade delegate to the Saskatoon Continuing Medical Education Conference in1992 and to DPI’s Special Needs Vancouver conference, Independence 92, Brian contributed to the introduction of Paramount’s Imedical medical alert system.

Brian Marlatt also has experience in the BC Film Industry, having contributed to fund-raising efforts and post-production video marketing of made-in-BC documentary films broadcast by the Knowledge Network and he is an ACTRA UBCP Extra Member.

Brian Marlatt earned an Honours BA in history from the University of Western Ontario, where he later pursued graduate work in history and the history of science. Subsequent papers are published in abstract by the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science. In 1996, Brian was a delegate to the first international conference held in Canada to focus on earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis, the Pan Pacific Hazards ‘96 Conference held in Vancouver as one of Canada’s major contributions to the United Nations International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. His published paper, “Rebuilding After Earthquake in Historical and Traditional Society Context,” draws upon his early research and addresses questions of emergency response and post-disaster recovery in the Lesser Developed Country (LDC) contexts which were the focus of the UN IDNDR. Brian’s academic interests are ongoing.

Brian Marlatt’s political experience includes membership in the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1998 to 2003, during which time he sat on the Progressive Conservative South Surrey-White Rock-Langley Riding Association Executive as Policy and Communications Chair; active membership on the Policy Advisory Committee of the PC’s BC Executive Council, including public policy consultations facilitation; and he both contributed to and presented successful amendments to the policy document on which the Tory platform in Election 2000 was based. Brian was a delegate to the PC’s Quebec City National Policy Conference in 2000 and to the Edmonton National Convention in 2002 which focussed on Democratic Reform. Brian Marlatt was part of the Progressive Conservative BC and South Surrey-White Rock-Langley campaigns in Election 2000.

Brian’s academic and political experience were brought together in 1999, when he initiated an offer of assistance to the City of White Rock from the PC Task Force on Poverty and Homelessness during the emergency phase of the city’s June 1999 flood.

Brian Marlatt became a member of the Progressive Canadian (PC) Party following the removal of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from the ballot in December 2003. Brian is working to restore a national, progressive-conservative, alternative to Canadians and the vision of national unity which inspired the Fathers of Confederation. Brian Marlatt sits on the PC Party National Council and is a BC organizer for the Progressive Canadian (PC) Party. In 2006, Brian Marlatt was a BC candidate for the Progressive Canadian Party.

Mr. Marlatt is the Progressive Canadian Candidate for South Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale.